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Laboratory observations of the interaction between pairs of vortex rings during certain collisions are described. A theory is advanced, based on the resonance of the forced motion with the elliptical mode of oscillation of a single vortex, and is found to be in agreement with the observed behavior.
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Fohl et al. (1975) studied this question.
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